Rocío Alejandra Bueno (born 16 October 1992) is an Argentine

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who plays as a striker for

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. Besides Argentina, she has played in Italy. She started playing football at the men's club of Mechita when she was six years old. She joined

Boca Juniors Club Atlético Boca Juniors () is an Argentine professional sports club based in La Boca, a neighbourhood of Buenos Aires. The club is best known for its men's professional Association football, football team which, since its promotion in 1913 ...

in 2014. While playing for Boca in the 2015 Tournament against Platense, she scored five goals in 15 minutes. Bueno stayed with Boca until 2017, winning the Women's Super Cup in 2015. She joined Racing in 2020. During her time at Academy she scored 31 goals over the course of 35 matches. She is a member of the

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. In 2022, Bueno was loaned for a year to

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of the Italian

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. She was the first woman Argentine footballer to be transferred to a foreign club.

Personal life

Rocío Bueno enjoys singing and playing the guitar.

Honours

;Boca Juniors *Supercopa Argentina de Fútbol Femenino: 2015 ;UAI Urquiza *

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: 2017–2018, 2018–2019

References

External links

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at Racing Club
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at Livesport * Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Italy Argentine expatriate women's footballers Argentine women's footballers 21st-century Argentine sportswomen Expatriate women's footballers in Italy Argentina women's international footballers Living people Serie A (women's football) players Boca Juniors (women) footballers US Sassuolo Calcio (women) players Racing Club (women) players UAI Urquiza (women) players Women's association football forwards 1992 births {{Argentina-women-footy-bio-stub